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MICHAEL ALLEN PIACENTINO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 29, 1943 – September 28, 1969
Service recordMichael Allen Piacentino, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in Laos, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 19
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 19
- LUTHER ALBERT LONOLieutenant Colonel · September 29, 1969
- LAURENCE THOMAS MCDOWELLCorporal · September 29, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN PRICEPrivate First Class · September 29, 1969
- JOE RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · September 29, 1969
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.